DR. MARCELO ENRIQUE LOPEZ-CLAROS, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Washington St, Raleigh, NC

5720773, Feb 24, 1998

Jan 5, 1996

8/583683

Marcelo Enrique Lopez-Claros - Raleigh NC

A61N 700

607 96

The present invention is a heating and cooling pad for therapeutically treating the orbital, frontal, nasal, and temporal regions of a patient's head with a non-ambient temperature fluid that circulates through the pad. The pad includes a pair of molded membranes that enclose a central reservoir. Capillaries extend outwardly from opposing sides of the central reservoir into collector channels that extend around the outer periphery of the pad. The reservoir and collector channels are connected to an external source of the fluid. The design of the reservoir and capillaries is optimized to deliver the temperature-adjusting fluid to key anatomical structures. The pad includes a unique integral support structure that allows adjustment of its shape. The present invention also provides a method for treating a variety of biopsychiatric and physiological disorders by using the pad of the invention to heat the orbital and temporal areas of a person's head, which ultimately results in greater neurotransmitter activity in the orbital cortex.

5562719, Oct 8, 1996

Mar 6, 1995

8/398603

Marcelo E. Lopez-Claros - Raleigh NC

A61N 506

607 88

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the treatment of a variety of biopsychiatric disorders, for example Seasonal Affective Disorder, by preferentially directing light therapy to the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain. Specifically, the visual fields associated with the non-dominant cerebral hemisphere are stimulated to a greater degree than the visual fields associated with the dominant cerebral hemisphere by taking advantage of the characteristics of the human optical system, including the visual fields, the retina and its neuronal connections, and the distribution of neuronal pathways and their crossing at the optic chiasm before eventual arrival at the brain. The preferred apparatus for carrying out the method of the invention includes a mask-like device positioned in front of the patient's eyes that provides therapeutic illumination preferentially to the visual fields associated with the patient's non-dominant cerebral hemisphere by dividing the visual field of each eye into temporal and nasal visual fields. The apparatus includes two sets of two chambers, a temporal and a nasal chamber in front of each eye, that are each open to the respective eye at one end and separated from one another by divide, which divide the visual fields. The dividers are adjustable so that the device can be adapted to accommodate varying interpupillary distances from patient to patient.

5643336, Jul 1, 1997

Jan 9, 1995

8/370019

Marcelo Enrique Lopez-Claros - Raleigh NC

A61F 700

607104

The present invention is a heating and cooling pad for therapeutically treating the orbital, frontal, nasal, and temporal regions of a patient's head with a non-ambient temperature fluid that circulates through the pad. The pad includes a pair of molded membranes that enclose a central reservoir. Capillaries extend outwardly from opposing sides of the central reservoir into collector channels that extend around the outer periphery of the pad. The reservoir and collector channels are connected to an external source of the fluid. The design of the reservoir and capillaries is optimized to deliver the temperature-adjusting fluid to key anatomical structures. The pad includes a unique integral support structure including a universal joint, that allows adjustment of its shape.